There is a buzz every time Michael Mifsud steps on the field of play to represent his country. His scoring instincts make it imperative for the Maltese to expect further extension of his goleada.
Our goalscorer’s very latest feat is the brace he netted in a friendly match on 14 August against San Marino. Those goals put up his total to 36 in 91 appearances for his country – a truly amazing figure when one takes into account two important elements such as the tightly-knit defences attackers have to contend with nowadays, and the fact that our striker plays for a miniscule country which finds it hard to breach opposing defences. What is also astonishing are other statistical readings which put Mifsud above some other great current goalscorers at international level, even if comparisons in this respect are relative. His total so far cements his position more solidly in the top eight of the still active players on the continent. Further analysis of his scoring feats at national team level reveal that he has netted 0.39 goals per match, which is more than one goal in every three matches. Suffice to say that this scoring rate surpasses that of other celebrated scorers for their country. An interesting fact in this regard is the striking figures of the all-time great Bobby Charlton a legendary scoring figure for his club and country. Charlton’s still unsurpassed total of 49 goals in 106 international matches (0.46) for England and 249 goals in 758 matches (0.32) for Manchester United does not discredit our goalscorer’s feats despite the variance in longevity which favours the legendary Charlton. Indeed Michael Mifsud is a scoring machine. ALL the Goals of Michael Mifsud DateVenueCompetitionOpponentScoreGoals 25-Apr-2001Ta' QaliWC QualifierIceland1-4114-Nov-2001CorradinoFriendlyCanada2-119-Feb-2002Ta' QaliRothmans T'MentJordan2-1113-Feb-2002Ta' QaliRothmans T'MentMoldova3-0117-Apr-2002Ta' QaliFriendlyAzerbaijan1-0120-Nov-2002LevkosiaEC QualifierCyprus1-2130-Apr-2003Ta' QaliEC QualifierSlovenia1-3110-Sep-2003AntalyaEC QualifierIsrael2-2131-Mar-2004Ta' QaliFriendlyFinland1-2118-Aug-2004ToftirFriendlyFaroe Islands2-3113-Oct-2004SofiaWC QualifierBulgaria1-412-Sep-2006Ta' QaliEC QualifierBosnia-Herzegovina2-5117-Oct-2007Ta' QaliEC QualifierMoldova2-3121-Nov-2007Ta' QaliEC QualifierNorway1-4126-Mar-2008Ta' QaliFriendlyLiechtenstein7-1530-May-2008GrazFriendlyAustria1-5112-Aug-2009Ta' QaliFriendlyGeorgia2-0218-Nov-2009CorradinoFriendlyBulgaria1-413-Mar-2010Ta' QaliFriendlyFinland1-2111-Aug-2010Ta' QaliFriendlyMacdonia1-114-Jun-2011PiraeusEC QualifierGreece1-3110-Aug-2011Ta' QaliFriendlyCenral African Republic2-122-Sep-2011Ta' QaliEC QualifierCroatia1-316-Sep-2011Ta' QaliEC QualifierGeorgia1-1129-Feb-2012Ta' QaliFriendlyLiechtnestein2-122-Jun-2012LuxembourgFriendlyLuxembourg2-0214-Aug-2012SerravalleFriendlySan Marino3-22 36